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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Friday when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Lakers as -4.5-point favorites versus the Trail Blazers, while the game's total opened at 220.5.
Last time out for Los Angeles, they were a 114-89 loser as they battled the Jazz on the road. The Lakers failed to cover in the match as a +8.5-point underdog, while 203 combined points moved the game UNDER for totals bettors.
In their last action, Portland was a 111-106 loser on the road against the Nuggets. They covered the +6-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (217) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Portland:
Team record: 18-13 SU,17-14 ATS
Current Streak: lost 3 straight games.
Portland is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Portland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 12 of Portland's last 18 games
Los Angeles:
Team record: 22-11 SU,14-19 ATS
Current Streak: lost 4 straight games.
LA Lakers is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
LA Lakers is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games
LA Lakers is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
Next up:
Portland home to Charlotte Monday, March 1
Los Angeles home to Golden State Sunday, February 28